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E. KETTERLINUS..

. BOTTLE STOPPER.

Patented Mam. 29, 189Z MZZQ INVENTDR.

WITNESSES,

Nrrnn States THE GORHAM MANUFACTURING ISLAND.

COMPANY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,746, dated March29, 1892.

Application filed August 6 1891.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EUGENE KETTERLINUS, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Bottle-Stoppers;

and I do hereby declare the following specification, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, forming apart of the same, to be adescription thereof.

This invention relates to a stopper for use in reclosing bottles ofliquors and wines after the orignal corks have been withdrawn, so thatthe bottle will be protectedfrom leakage, and yet the contents can beconveniently re- I 5 moved from time to time in desirable quantities.

The invention consists in certain features of construct-ion andarrangement hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 shows a side view of a stopperembodying the invention with its cap closed. Fig. 2 shows a side View ofthe same at right angles to the view in Fig. 1 with the cap raised. Fig.3 represents a central vertical section on line a: a: of Fig. 2 of thestopper applied to the neck of abottle. Fig. Ashows in perspectivearing,which is attached to the interior of the cappiece. Fig. 5 shows a sideview of the stopper with modified means for locking the cap closed.

The stopper consists of a central tube A, around and upon which atubular cork B is mounted, the cork preferably being tapered 3 5 andbeing held upon .the tube by a flange 61. upon the lower end of thelatter. The upper end or mouth of the tube is preferably bell shape, andfrom said end an annular flange portion 0 extends downwardly, suchflange having an enlarged part c, which is intended to pass over andencompass the upper end of the bottle-neck, as shown in Fig. 3, so thatthe stoppered bottle shall present a neater appearance. Preferably thecork B passes up and fits into the space between the tube A and theportion 0 of the flange C, so that the cork shall be confined at itsupper end, as shown in Fig. 3. A cap-piece D is arranged to close themouth of the tube A, the said cappiece being hollow or cup shape, and apor- Serial No. 401,827. (No as tion of its interior is filled or packedby a disk of cork E, which is held in place in any suitable manner, asby fitting tightly within the cap or by being cemented thereto. I Uponits exterior the cap-piece is provided with a circumferential groove d,which receives a ring D, so that the cap-piece is swiveled to revolveupon said ring, and hinge-plates F F (the former secured to the flange Oand the latter to the ring D) pivot or hinge the cappiece so it can beswung upward and backward to unseal the mouth of the tube A and allowthe contents of the bottle to be poured out. p For forcing the cork diskE into intimate contact with the upper end of the tube A, and therebysecurely sealing the mouth of the tube when the cap-piece is closed, theflange C is furnished with a stud or nose G, Figs. 2 and 3, and a ring His secured upon the lower end of the cap-piece D, the said ring beingprovided with one or more notches it (two being shown in Fig. 2) toallow the cap-piece to close when one of said notches registers with thenose or stud G, and the top edge of said ring is inclined upwardly at h,Fig. 4:, from said notches, so that when the cap-piece, after beingclosed, is turned in the direction of the arrow, Figs. 1 and 2, theengagement of the inclined upper edge h of the ring with the lower sideof the stud G will force the cork disk E down upon the upper end of thetube A and seal its mouth and lock the cappiece closed. .When thecap-piece is turned in the opposite direction until the notch hregisters with the nose G, the cap-piece'can be swung upward andbackward, as will be readily understood.

In place of locating the stud G on the flange C and providing the cap-piece with the notched ring H, having its topedge inclined ashereinbefore described, a stud G, Fig. 5, may be located on thecap-piece, and the flange C be indented at h, and an inclined shoulderor shoulders h be formed on the flange, as shown in Fig. 5, so that whenthe stud G is made to register with the indentation h and the cap-pieceis closed and turned the mouth of the tube A will be sealed, ashereinbefore explained.

The stopper is intended to be manufactured and sold for application tobottles by individuals, and all parts of the article (except the corks Band E) are preferably made of metal. The design of the cap-piece D andflange O can be of any preferred and proper form, and may be asornamental as desired.

What I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a stopper for reclosin gbottles, which consists of a tube A, having a tubular, cork secured uponits exterior and adapted to enter the neck of a bottle, a flange portion0, projecting downwardly from the tube and adapted, as described, toencompass the upper end of the bottle-neck, acap-piece D, provided witha cork packing E, and swiveled to revolve upon a ring D, which is hingedto said flange portion, and means, substantially as described, forenabling the cork packing E to be forced into intimate contact with theupper end of the tube to seal its mouth, substantially as set forth. 2.The combination of the tube A, having a flange portion 0 projectingdownwardly therefrom and adapted, as described, to encompass the upperend of a bottle -neck, a tubular cork mounted upon the exterior of saidtube and passing up between said tube and the portion 0 of said flangeportion, a flange a on the lower end of the tube, a cappiece D, providedwith a cork packing E, and swiveled to revolve upon a ring D, which ishinged to the flange portion, a stud G,located upon the flange portion0, and a notched ring H, secured to the cap-piece and having its upperedge inclined, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. A stopper for reclosing bottles having a central tube A, surroundedby an attached tubular cork B, which is adapted to enter and fit theneck of a bottle,a hinged ring D, con- I nected to the tube, a cap-pieceD, swiveled to revolve in said ring and furnished with a cork packing E,and means, substantially as described, for enabling the cork packing Eto be forced into intimate contact with the upper end of the tube A toseal its mouth, substantially as set forth. EUGENE KETTERLINUS;\Vitnesses:

EDSON SALISBURY J ONES, GEO. M. CADY.

